Today Grandpa asked me to use my eyes to look for ores in the mountains, in the east there is an iron mine which is exploited by Nero village.
The examination revealed Nothing in the south, the east mine don’t only counts iron but silver too, its a lot deeper than the iron. In the north mountain their was various ores scattered through the mountain but there was a little deposit of mana crystal near the surface.
Grandpa was quite happy to learn about the silver and the crystal deposit. This will let us earn the amount of gold coins needed to assist the development of the baronet.
Since no one was home i decided to go to hunt small magical beast to harvest their magic core to train enchantment. In the mountains there are small rabbit, foxes, eagles and which are low level magic beast.
Caroline decided to come with me, we took 3 soldiers with us.
« Why do you want magic cores? » Asked Caroline
i had to answer since she asked like 300 times « why are going to hunt » « why? » « why? ».
« I told you, i want have a magic core a each level of each race. There is nothing to do, at least hunting and fighting magic beast is a training and a hobby ». I answered
« Our parents are not here we should sleep late, play, eat its a rare moment of holiday» said the lazy girl.
« Its not like aunt Elise will not report everything to mother » I answered
« But we could say that we go hunting and didn’t found a prey » She countered
« Even peasant can get prey not magical beast because they are deep in the mountain, but they don’t come back empty handed »
« … ok, but tomorrow we go the beach since today you chose » She said
« I didn’t force you to come! And NO, its still too cold we are still in March »
« Humff boring… we will go to the beach this year and fish or i will complain to Uncle Robert » she said angrily
« You can complain! i wish to hear father answer » i said confidently
« He will take my side for sure » she answered with the same attitude.
« I will tell him, that if he force me to go, i will tell mom that he goes late at night to aunt Elise bedroom »
« … is that true ? » she asked bashfully
« No. »
« But that’s bad, your father will punish you » she answered with a smile
« No. » i said shortly
« Why? » she asked curiosly
« If he punish me, i will tell mom, he did that because i reported her the truth. »
« What if Aunt Alana do not believe you »
« He made a little Eva with aunt Elise and she lives under our roof, i’m pretty sure that 9 out of 10, mom will just get angry on the spot and go beat father, obviously she will not believe his excuses. » He did it once, why not twice.
« But your parents will have a fight and not be happy. » she said anxiously
« I don’t cause the fight, father do, if he chose to leave me alone, he avoid a beating. » I clearly don't take the responsability here.
« Your father will be unhappy with you ». she said
« Yeah i will have to enjoy a good beating in the training session. Its the price of peace. » A price that i am willing to pay.
Caroline began to pout while sending glares to me.
I don’t like the beach, i always have sand everywhere, its not like earth with shower and people owning 30 different clothes. This is not Desolate where one use a bit of Qi to clean his body. Here cleaning a body is through a towel and a bowl of water. Moreover i still don’t know a cleaning spell.
Building bath-houses is in project, as to set Hygiene rules to lessen the death due to illness, it will take time, it will not be done in the next months.
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Once in the mountains, the trees became taller, bush and foliage could hide life. Thanks to my eyes i could see beyond, i looked for a prey. We took a short pause to let me find « track of a prey », i saw normal rabbits, snakes and birds in the outer perimeter of the forest.
However, in the middle of the mountains near the crystal deposit more magic beasts could be found. We had to create our way because no-one goes there, i went first with a machete in hand, the soldiers in the middle and Caroline closed the march.
As the two strongest people we had to take the bigger risk. Every soldier is a cost for the Baronet, we can’t afford to lose them to a sneak attack of a wild animal.
In fact, i was not really the chief of this hunt party, grandpa was there, he came to instruct me of the weakness of the local magic beast. As the founder of the baronet, he had to fought the magic beasts until they retreat deep in the mountains.
« The Horned rabbit that you saw, has a magic spell that boost his charge, moreover they can call for reinforcement if their his horned rabbit within 50 meters they will all charge to you, depending of the number of rabbit they can defeat a small party of soldiers. » explained Grandpa.
« I will look around the 100 meters of it » I said
« Good train yourself to do report, so even if we share your view, give me a report ».
« There is a Magic fox with 2 tails with 3 babies about 65 meters left of it. Deeper in front their is a nest of rabbit with 9 of them in around 45 meters of the Horned rabbit. And finally a Magic snake green in color is sleeping underground something like 90 meters right of the Horned rabbit ».
« It is dangerous to attack that rabbit, you have to kill it in one blow, to avoid to be kill by a raid of rabbit, in the nest the rabbit have horns too? »
« Yes, and i can shoot him down with my bow, but its clear that we have to avoid the nest »
« You will have to avoid the magic green snake, they spit a corrosive green poison gas. You don’t have any counter to this attack ».
« Do i shot down the rabbit and attack the mother fox ? »
« Yeah, with druid magic we may be able to raise the 3 foxes into obedient scouts. Like did the druid who worked for the noble in that other world. ».
Grandpa as a ghost developed a telepathic skill, when he touch my shoulder he share my vision, in addition we can exchange tough.
« Why did you stop for so long » did scream Caroline.
« SHUUUUSH, i found track of a prey but to avoid alerting a horde of Horned rabbit, i will shot it with the bow, moreover i found tracks of fox to the left, we will avoid the horned rabbit lair. » i said
I looked back to the Horned rabbit, he was still eating plants, i advanced slowly the soldiers did the same in silence, i put myself in a good position to shoot, i nock an arrow and shot it toward the neck of the rabbit.
The arrow traveled between the trees and foliage to find its mark. The horned rabbit let some nervous kick before dying. I went to pick it up.
« You have to take off his bladder or the meat will taste bad » advised Grandpa
« how do i do that » i need instructions there.
« The bladder is under the stomach and you will have to push it down with strength toward is ass, you can cut the ass to make it easier to move out the bladder. »
I did as i was told, Caroline was disgusted, she complained before turning her head. We continued toward the fox family, i looked around like i did for the rabbit, i saw magical birds and a nest of dark magic snake they were far enough to avoid a fight.
This time Caroline would take the lead, the soldier will encircle the lair and i would shot arrows to it. Caroline used mana to make her skin copper, while approaching the lair, the fox mother felt something different and went to the lair entry. It saw Caroline , it let a menacing yelp out, Caroline went forward, the fox casted a (fireball) to her.
It charged out of his lair to attack her. Caroline was surprised by the fireball, she was injured by its explosion. When the fox was near her, i let out a arrow, two soldiers went in front of caroline as reinforcement.
The fox avoided my arrow and bit the arm of the first soldier, but couldn’t avoid the sword of the second which pierced its ribs, it yelped sadly, before falling to the ground, when it touched the ground i let out the second arrow which locked itself in its heart.
« Caroline how are you? » i said while running toward her and the injured soldier. She was lying in the ground unconscious, her ribs, belly and leg were exposed and burned, i could see a mix of charred skin and blood. It was disgusting i nearly vomited. I couldn’t use magic in front of everyone, we had to go back first so i instructed everyone. « Go in the lair, this fox was desperate, it should have babies in it, i want them all. Someone take the corps of the fox, i will carry Caroline. Jules how is your arm? »
« It hurts a lot, i can’t move it, but i don’t bleed a lot. » i could feel the anxiety in his voice.
« Do you need help to walk back » i asked.
« No, i need something to avoid to move my arm » He answered.
« Is a rope ok? » I should have learn a bit a first aid.
« Yes, my Lord » i help him to secure is arm with the rope.
« Once everyone is ready we walk, back » I ordered.
« Grandpa why didn’t you tell me about the fireball ? » I asked
« I didn’t know, it’s the first time, i see a red fox like this one. We just see through your vision that it had more mana than other, but we couldn’t see his color in the lair, and you didn’t active the dark vision ». he said
« Did you ever see a fox use magic? » i asked curiously
« Yes rank 2 foxes with 3 or 4 tails, this one should have been near is evolution ».
« We have been unlucky this time » I declared.
« It will serve as a warning too, you can see a lot but that doesn’t mean you know everything » said Grandpa
« Yeah next time i will be more cautious. » This event could have been more dramatic, now we need to hurry the blood will attrack more magical beast, we will not be able to protect the injured.